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[[File:Ricard Nouveau Purrloin.png|thumb|left|250px|Purrloin in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | [[File:Ricard Nouveau Purrloin.png|thumb|left|250px|Purrloin in the {{pkmn|anime}}]] | ||
===Major appearances=== | ===Major appearances=== | ||
Purrloin made its main series debut in ''[[BW044|Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?]]'', under the ownership of [[Misha]]. {{AP|Oshawott}} and {{MTR}} both fell in love with Purrloin, but Misha later revealed that Purrloin was actually a boy and had been tricking them. | Purrloin made its main series debut in ''[[BW044|Purrloin: Sweet or Sneaky?]]'', under the ownership of [[Misha]]. {{AP|Oshawott}} and {{MTR}} both fell in love with Purrloin, but Misha later revealed that Purrloin was actually a boy and had been tricking them with feminine behavior. | ||
A Purrloin appeared in ''[[BW080|Clash of the Connoisseurs!]]'', under the ownership of [[Ricard Nouveau]]. It was used in a battle against {{an|Cilan}}, where it battled {{TP|Cilan|Crustle}}; it was eventually defeated by a combination of {{m|Shell Smash}} and {{m|Rock Wrecker}}. Purrloin reappeared in a flashback in ''[[BW140|Survival of the Striaton Gym!]]''. | A Purrloin appeared in ''[[BW080|Clash of the Connoisseurs!]]'', under the ownership of [[Ricard Nouveau]]. It was used in a battle against {{an|Cilan}}, where it battled {{TP|Cilan|Crustle}}; it was eventually defeated by a combination of {{m|Shell Smash}} and {{m|Rock Wrecker}}. Purrloin reappeared in a flashback in ''[[BW140|Survival of the Striaton Gym!]]''. | ||
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===Origin=== | ===Origin=== | ||
Purrloin | Purrloin appears to be based on a {{wp|bicolor cat|tuxedo cat}}. Its fur pattern, behavior, and feline influence suggest that it may also be based on a female thief, commonly known as a {{wp|Burglary|cat burglar}}. | ||
====Name origin==== | ====Name origin==== |
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